COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An external oversight committee officially recommended its list of nine schools that it thinks Columbus City Schools should close next year.
Four elementary schools and five middle schools are on the list.
The committee used a template created by the school board when determining which schools to recommend for closure.
After Tuesday's meeting, the board was scheduled to meet again Tuesday, Dec. 8, to further discuss the issue before voting Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Students whose schools will close will remain at their schools throughout the school year and be reassigned next year.
Students at schools that remain open will stay in those schools to the highest grade offered.
Some students still will be reassigned.
School choice will remain an option.
The lottery application process begins in January.
The district said each school will hold informational meetings for parents with questions about reassignment.
Parents, students and teachers pleaded with the oversight committee during several community meetings in November.
It's an emotional issue that CCS has been through before.
The historic Indianola Middle School is on the list of proposed schools to close. It's the first junior high school in the country and on the National Register of Historic Places.
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